Andrei, thanks for doing this! :)
Is kickstarter the only way of pledging? I tried and had to create a
kickstarter account, which I never needed. When the process then
required *also* to create an Amazon account I stopped. :(
Can I send a check or pay by PayPal?
Thanks,
Ali

There is a serious reason of getting through some registration
issues and pledging via kickstarter - project either gets all
money if it is funded or no at all if it is not (and all pledges
are returned automatically). And, of course, any other means of
supporting won't be counted by kickstarter towards target sum.
On Monday, 22 October 2012 at 18:30:09 UTC, Ali Ă‡ehreli wrote:

Andrei, thanks for doing this! :)
Is kickstarter the only way of pledging? I tried and had to
create a kickstarter account, which I never needed. When the
process then required *also* to create an Amazon account I
stopped. :(
Can I send a check or pay by PayPal?
Thanks,
Ali

There is a serious reason of getting through some registration issues
and pledging via kickstarter - project either gets all money if it is
funded or no at all if it is not (and all pledges are returned
automatically). And, of course, any other means of supporting won't be
counted by kickstarter towards target sum.

Yes, this. If we don't break through the limit, nobody is charged a
dime. It would be more complicated to refund checks etc.
Andrei

There is a serious reason of getting through some registration
issues and pledging via kickstarter - project either gets all
money if it is funded or no at all if it is not (and all
pledges are returned automatically). And, of course, any other
means of supporting won't be counted by kickstarter towards
target sum.

Yes, this. If we don't break through the limit, nobody is
charged a dime. It would be more complicated to refund checks
etc.

I happened to have a facebook (alternate sign-in) & amazon
accounts so it was fairly quick and painless for me.
I'll look forward to the results of the kickstarter.

There is a serious reason of getting through some registration issues
and pledging via kickstarter - project either gets all money if it is
funded or no at all if it is not (and all pledges are returned
automatically). And, of course, any other means of supporting won't be
counted by kickstarter towards target sum.

Yes, this. If we don't break through the limit, nobody is charged a
dime. It would be more complicated to refund checks etc.
Andrei

We seem to be off to a good start. I've also just added a Facebook ad,
see it demoed here: http://goo.gl/NrEis
Thanks to all who've contributed, and all others please consider doing
so. This is a great time to add material support to our passion for this
project, and to make sure D grows and becomes increasingly significant.
Andrei

I have been a committee member of the UK AUA
(http://www.iua.org.uk) and I know that the best way to get
funding is to find good sponsors. That is my recommendation to
you, Andrei. - Try hard to find sponsors for the DConf. Perhaps
FSF would help or some other open-source funding organisation?

I have been a committee member of the UK AUA (http://www.iua.org.uk) and
I know that the best way to get funding is to find good sponsors. That
is my recommendation to you, Andrei. - Try hard to find sponsors for the
DConf. Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding
organisation?

I think that's a great idea. I am, of course, trying to bring in
Facebook sponsorship. All - please bring the campaign to the attention
of interested entities by your employer: recruiters, managers etc.
If you have any contacts that you think I could cold-email, please write
me email. In particular, who in FSF would be suitable?
Thanks,
Andrei

I have been a committee member of the UK AUA
(http://www.iua.org.uk) and
I know that the best way to get funding is to find good
sponsors. That
is my recommendation to you, Andrei. - Try hard to find
sponsors for the
DConf. Perhaps FSF would help or some other open-source funding
organisation?

I think that's a great idea. I am, of course, trying to bring
in Facebook sponsorship. All - please bring the campaign to the
attention of interested entities by your employer: recruiters,
managers etc.
If you have any contacts that you think I could cold-email,
please write me email. In particular, who in FSF would be
suitable?
Thanks,
Andrei

I expect the speed will slow down significantly because most the D
followers would have already seen it in the first couple days...

Yah. On the other hand corporate sponsors tend to move slower. Hopefully
we'll find more of those. (One platinum sponsorship was initiated by a
private investor.)
The key to doing good now is to let people know through all channels
about this. Please do so, and contact me with any other ideas you might
have.
Thanks,
Andrei

I'm a backer now, with Facebook and Amazon accounts it was real
quick and simple.
My evil plan is the fact of organizing this conference will bring
more people's attention to the language, more adopters and
developers, so the implementation will get better and better
faster.

Looking at the graph and excluding the super-villains (who are they?)
the current pool seems close to empty.
There will probably be an end spurt if the goals seems in sight, but as
it stand I don't see this happening.
My reason for not having pledged:
Too expensive: flight + ticket.
I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.

Looking at the graph and excluding the super-villains (who are they?)
the current pool seems close to empty.

We currently have one generous $5K contribution from Andrew Edwards (an
enlisted US Marine) and another one from Sociomantic.com. Since Andrew
is not competing for branding or recruiting, we're considering offering
one extra Kryptonite slot should we receive requests.
Excluding the large contributions is actually not indicative because
most conferences actually finance via sponsorships.

There will probably be an end spurt if the goals seems in sight, but as
it stand I don't see this happening.

The way I see it, we have 16 firm early bird attendees, and we're six
corporate sponsorships away from reaching our goal. We must make this
happen.
One thing we could all do is to mention the conference to our recruiting
managers. This is a golden opportunity to recruit straight in the Bay
Area. A contribution as simple as offering a conference room for three
days would mean huge goodwill in the D community for next to no cost to
the company.

My reason for not having pledged:
Too expensive: flight + ticket.
I will pledge 100$ if that would mean videos.

Understood. Note that if you submit a talk proposal, it's possible (no
promise though at this point) we'd be able to defray transportation costs.
Andrei

There is a change on the project page: :)
"Late-Breaking News: Smile, You're On Camera!
It's confirmed - through volunteer support, the conference talks will be
recorded and posted on the Net for free! We're preparing diligently to
ensure professional quality recordings. One more reason to pledge even
if for those of you who can't be there!"
Ali

There is a change on the project page: :)
"Late-Breaking News: Smile, You're On Camera!
It's confirmed - through volunteer support, the conference
talks will be recorded and posted on the Net for free! We're
preparing diligently to ensure professional quality recordings.
One more reason to pledge even if for those of you who can't be
there!"
Ali

That probably should be posted as an Update in kickstarter (not
just a change to the main page)...

There is a change on the project page: :)
"Late-Breaking News: Smile, You're On Camera!
It's confirmed - through volunteer support, the conference talks will
be recorded and posted on the Net for free! We're preparing diligently
to ensure professional quality recordings. One more reason to pledge
even if for those of you who can't be there!"
Ali

That probably should be posted as an Update in kickstarter (not just a
change to the main page)...

There is a change on the project page: :)
"Late-Breaking News: Smile, You're On Camera!
It's confirmed - through volunteer support, the conference talks will
be recorded and posted on the Net for free! We're preparing diligently
to ensure professional quality recordings. One more reason to pledge
even if for those of you who can't be there!"
Ali

That probably should be posted as an Update in kickstarter (not just a
change to the main page)...

Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major backer away
from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a number of options.
Please share with your friends and coworkers, and bring the discussion
up with your employer's managers and recruiters. It should be an easier
case to make now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird
seats and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference program.
We will make this happen!
Andrei

Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major
backer away from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a
number of options. Please share with your friends and
coworkers, and bring the discussion up with your employer's
managers and recruiters. It should be an easier case to make
now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird seats
and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference
program.
We will make this happen!
Andrei

I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a
shirt to the EU)?

Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major
backer away from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a
number of options. Please share with your friends and
coworkers, and bring the discussion up with your employer's
managers and recruiters. It should be an easier case to make
now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird seats
and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference
program.
We will make this happen!
Andrei

I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a
shirt to the EU)?

Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major
backer away from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a
number of options. Please share with your friends and
coworkers, and bring the discussion up with your employer's
managers and recruiters. It should be an easier case to make
now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird seats
and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference
program.
We will make this happen!
Andrei

I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a
shirt to the EU)?

Update - we've crossed $20K! At this point we're one major
backer away from achieving the goal, and we're looking at a
number of options. Please share with your friends and
coworkers, and bring the discussion up with your employer's
managers and recruiters. It should be an easier case to make
now that among 107 backers we have sold out 20 early bird seats
and 3 sponsorships before even having published a conference
program.
We will make this happen!
Andrei

I was about to donate, but after creating the accounts I found
out paying is only possible with a credit card.
Is there another way I can donate $25 (or $50+ if you can send a
shirt to the EU)?

It's not really. The t-shirt at "DON'T LOSE YOUR SHIRT" is US-only unless you
pay for shipping, and WEB SUPPORTER inherits that. You can support it
regardless of your location. You just don't get free shipping for the t-shirt
outside of the US.
- Jonathan M Davis

We did it! Congratulations to everyone who helped and to the entire D
community!
Now let's get to work - we've got a lot of planning to do. Please start
thinking about submitting a talk proposal (title, abstract, and bio).
Andrei